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Baby dies after avocado falls from tree outside kindergarten in Argentina
Twelve-day-old Lucas died after an avocado fell on his head outside a kindergarten in Quilmes, near Buenos Aires, Argentina.
His mother, Giuliana Gómez, was there to drop off her five-year-old son.
The fruit fell from a tree beside the sidewalk and hit Lucas while she held him.
He suffered skull fractures and bleeding in his brain, underwent emergency surgery and died three days later.
Lucas's family says falling avocados had been reported before, and that the city should have acted; the kindergarten had also asked for the tree to be cut back, according to one account.
The family says the death could have been prevented, raising questions about whether the complaints were handled.
Prosecutors are investigating suspected negligent homicide, and the sources give no further details about what action may follow.
A 12-day-old baby, Lucas, died after an avocado fell from a tree and hit him in the head outside a kindergarten in Quilmes, Argentina.
Lucas underwent emergency surgery for skull fractures and brain bleeding, but died three days after the incident.
His mother, Giuliana Gómez, says the tragedy could have been prevented and accuses the city of failing to act on earlier complaints about falling avocados.
The prosecutor’s office is investigating suspected negligent homicide.
- Who
- Lucas, a 12-day-old baby, was struck and later died. His mother is Giuliana Gómez.
- What
- An avocado fell from a tree and hit Lucas on the head. He later died from his injuries.
- When
- The incident happened on a Thursday morning; Lucas died on October 25.
- Where
- Outside a kindergarten in Quilmes, in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area of Argentina.
- Why
- The avocado fell from a tree. His family says the city had been warned about falling avocados but did not act.
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An avocado fell from a tree outside the kindergarten in Quilmes and hit Lucas on the head.
Lucas was taken to hospital and underwent emergency surgery lasting three hours.
Lucas died from his injuries.
The prosecutor’s office began investigating suspected negligent homicide.
- Age
- Lucas was 12 days old when he was struck.
- Location
- Quilmes, in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area, Argentina.
- Injuries
- Skull fractures and bleeding in the brain.
- Surgery
- Doctors operated on Lucas for three hours.
- Death
- October 25
- Investigation
- Suspected negligent homicide by the prosecutor’s office.
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What people are saying
If our complaints had been taken seriously, we would not have to mourn this loss today.
When the mother realized what had happened, she almost fainted. I had to take the baby from her.